COE Convention on the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2012, Official Report, column 223W, on COE Convention on the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, what progress her Department has made in its discussions with other Government Departments on the ratification and implementation of that Convention.

Jeremy Browne: Child sexual exploitation is an appalling crime. It is a form of child sexual abuse and tackling it remains an absolute priority for the Government.
	The UK signed the Council of Europe's convention on the protection of children from sexual exploitation and abuse in May 2008. Ratification is not a straightforward process, but officials across a number of Government Departments have been considering the steps that would be required to ratify and implement the convention. Those discussions are continuing.

Communications Data Bill (Draft)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 727W, on Communications Data Bill (Draft), how many representations she has received on the Draft Communications Data Bill; from which UK and international businesses she has received such representations; and if she will make a statement.

James Brokenshire: The Draft Communications Data Bill was published on 14 June 2012 and has been undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny by a Joint Committee of both Houses, and the Intelligence and Security Committee since that point. The Committees reported on 11 December 2012.
	Throughout this process, the Home Office has received representations from the Committees as well as a wide range of interested parties, including parliamentarians, the communications industry, law enforcement, civil liberties organisations and members of the public.
	We have an ongoing relationship with both UK and overseas-based communications service providers. There has been a number of recent meetings at both ministerial and official level. As per the practice of previous Governments, we do not comment on our relationships with individual .providers for reasons of national security and commercial sensitivity.

Missing Persons

Julian Huppert: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the evaluation of the Association of Chief Police Officers' pilots of the revised definitions of missing and absent will be published; and whether it will include an assessment of the risks related to children categorised as absent.

Jeremy Browne: holding answer 18 December 2012
	The evaluation of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) pilot is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.
	The aim of the pilots is to better protect children and vulnerable adults through a more proportionate and risk based approach to the management of missing incidents, by better targeting of the initial police response. The evaluation examines whether the pilots have achieved these aims and includes an assessment of whether the approach has had any adverse impact on a police force ability to manage risk in the absence category, which includes both children and adults.

Police

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers have been employed (i) by Northumbria Police Authority, (ii) in South Tyneside, (iii) in the North East and (iv) in the UK in each of the last five years.

Damian Green: The number of police officers and police community support officers employed by Northumbria police, South Tyneside, North East and England and Wales, as at 31 March 2008 to 2012 (full-time equivalent) can be seen in the following table. Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the Devolved Administrations.
	Figures at basic command unit level ceased to be collected centrally by the Home Office from 2011-12.
	
		
			 Number of police officers and police community support officers employed by Northumbria Police, South Tyneside, North East and England and Wales as at 31 March 2008 to 2012 (1, 2, 3) 
			  Police officers Police community support officers 
			  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 
			 Northumbria Police 3,983 4,111 4,187 4,102 3,921 254 259 438 433 424 
			 South Tyneside 341 357 326 319 — 24 27 37 45 — 
			 North East 7,307 7,455 7,419 7,189 6,813 585 628 806 785 765 
			 England and Wales 141,859 143,770 143,734 139,110 134,101 15,805 16,507 16,918 15,820 14,393 
			 1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. 2. Figures at basic command unit level (South Tyneside) ceased to be collected from 2011-12. 3. The number of police officers and police community support officers within the North East is made up of Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police forces.

Police: Electronic Equipment

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish the guidelines issued to police forces in England and Wales for the use of long-range acoustic devices.

Damian Green: Long range acoustic devices are not currently approved for use by police in England and Wales.

Equality

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on equality impact assessments since May 2010; and under what cost headings such funds were spent.

Brandon Lewis: Such a retrospective estimate could only be calculated at disproportionate cost.
	Notwithstanding, the Government Equalities Office has now given clear guidance to Whitehall departments that equality impact assessments are not a legal requirement; they are resource intensive and take staff away from planning and delivering important public services
	I recently wrote to local authorities on the same theme. The letter can be found online at:
	www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-statutory-burdens-equality-impact-assessments

Families: Disadvantaged

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who has been appointed to the post of troubled families co-ordinator in each local authority area.

Brandon Lewis: 143 troubled families co-ordinators have been appointed to date and eight more are expected to be recruited in the near future. A list of the 143 local authorities has been deposited in the Library of the House.

Local Government: Translation Services

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to issue new guidance to local authorities on their expenditure on translation and interpretation services; and if he will make a statement.

Don Foster: Our publication ‘50 ways to save: examples of sensible savings in local government’ makes it clear that there are savings for local taxpayers from stopping translating documents into foreign languages. Publishing documents in English helps promote the integration, of local communities.

Staff

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department shares any senior members of its staff with other Government departments.

Brandon Lewis: Yes. As part of the Department's continued commitment to value for money, it currently shares two senior staff with other Departments—the director for internal audit is shared with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and the deputy director for property asset management is shared with the Department for Education.
	Sir Bob Kerslake also combines his role as Permanent Secretary of the Department with that of Head of the Civil Service.

Urban Areas

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether all town teams eligible for town team partner funding applied for such funding; and whether those town teams constituted after the deadline for applications for such funding are able to access such funds.

Mark Prisk: 336 town teams out of a potential 393 registered, to become a town team partner and now have access to the support package we have provided, which includes £10,000 for each town team to help deliver their proposals. Only town teams who were unsuccessful in the Portas Pilot competition were eligible to apply to become town team partners.

Arts

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of employees in the UK (a) film, (b) music, (c) design, (d) arts, (e) tourism and (f) heritage industries are university graduates.

Edward Vaizey: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) does not hold records of the proportion of employees that are university graduates in the industries requested. However, we are aware that independent organisations monitor and report on the skills levels within their sectors, for example the Sector Skills Councils, and the Office for National Statistics record data on employment by industry and qualification via the Labour Force Survey (LFS).

Mobile Phones

Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will consider the merits of reviewing levels of use of micro cell technology to support mobile communications in public and private spaces.

Edward Vaizey: In general, the uses of particular technologies within mobile networks are commercial and technical considerations for the mobile operators to consider. However, the use of microcell technology to support mobile communications in public spaces has been limited to date. The imminent auction of the 2600 MHz band for 4G services may make microcell applications more practical for operators to implement in the future.
	Femtocells, which allow mobile phone calls to be transferred over broadband, are typically deployed in private residences or business locations. As of June/July 2012 there were over 200,000 in use in the UK with take-up in rural areas over three times higher than take-up in urban areas. However, these devices can usually only serve a small number of individual devices (typically between four and eight), which have to be registered with the femtocell as you would for a private wi-fi hub.
	I am also informed that the number of public wi-fi hotspots operated by the main providers—BT (excluding BT WiFi provided from BT residential or business hubs), Virgin, The Cloud (Sky) and O2 continues to grow. As of the middle of 2012 they operated over 16,000 public hotspots between them, with those within London being extensively used during the Olympics.

Procurement

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many procurement officers are currently employed by her Department.

Hugh Robertson: The Department currently employs three procurement officers, two of which are on loan from other Government Departments.
	The procurement officers seek value for money for the Departments annual £26 million third party spend on procured goods and services. In addition they support the Department's major broadband projects and ALB procurement activity.

Radio Frequencies

Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will consider encouraging licence holders to make spectrum available to operators who wish to make use of micro technology.

Edward Vaizey: On 22 November Ofcom published its consultation on TV white spaces. The consultation closes on 10 January and is available on the Ofcom website. The presentation included within the accompanying information to the consultation, notes that Ofcom's response to the DCMS discussion paper on the Communications review indicated that there were clear benefits in using database supported frequency management tools to make spectrum available in a more dynamic market. DCMS and Ofcom will continue to work together to explore mechanisms by which spectrum could be made available to the market in such a way as to meet those particular market needs.

Scottish Independence: Border Control

Guy Opperman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Scottish independence on border control at the border between Scotland and Northumberland.

Michael Moore: The UK Government is not making plans for independence as we are confident that when the referendum is held, Scotland will choose to remain part of a strong, successful United Kingdom.

Tourism

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with industry representatives on tourism in Scotland.

David Mundell: Scotland Office Ministers meet representatives from the tourism sector in Scotland on a regular basis. The UK Government is committed to the promotion of Scotland overseas.

Redundancy

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many posts have been declared redundant by each of her Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1999; and what the cost of those redundancies has been.

Michael Penning: It has been long standing policy for my Department to refer hon. Members to non-departmental public bodies when seeking information on operational matters. This reflects the fact that such bodies are both independent and best placed to answer such questions. It also makes sense that, when hon. Members seek information relating to a particular non-departmental public body, whose independence from Government is important, that hon. Members engage with that body direct, rather than to seek to do so through Ministers. The Northern Ireland Office has responsibility for two Executive non-departmental public bodies and one Advisory non-departmental public body, contact details for which are provided in the following table:
	
		
			 ALB Status Contact details 
			 Parades Commission NI Executive NDPB Info@paradescommission.org 
			 Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Executive NDPB information@nihrc.org 
			 Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland Advisory NDPB bcni@belfast.org.uk

British Indian Ocean Territory

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the timetable is for negotiations on the extension of the use of British Indian Ocean Territory by the US for defence and other purposes in accordance with the agreement of 1966.

Mark Simmonds: The 1966 Exchange of Notes with the US provides that the islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). including Diego Garcia, shall be available to them until 2016 and continuing thereafter for a further period of 20 years unless terminated by either Government in the period 2014-16. There have been no substantive discussions to date with the US on the future of the US presence in BIOT post-2016 nor has a timetable been set for any such discussions.

Conditions of Employment

Ann McKechin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of staff in his Department requested (a) part-time, (b) job-share or (c) other flexible working arrangements in each of the last five years; and how many such requests were granted.

Alistair Burt: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) supports flexible working for its employees where it meets business needs. We have extended the right to all our employees to have a request for flexible working considered. Either on an ad hoc basis or for a regular change to their working pattern. The FCO does not retain specific data on the number of requests for flexible working made by staff. However we are currently developing means for these to be recorded within our HR Management System to record a wider range of flexible working patterns.
	The number of staff working part-time or job sharing in the last five years is as follows:
	
		
			  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 
			 Number of Job Sharers (JS) 17 13 16 18 19 
			 Number of Part Timers (PT) 115 121 126 115 122 
			       
			 Total number of JS and PT 132 134 142 133 141 
			 Percentage of total staff 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.1 
			 Note: These figures include all FCO civil servants based in the UK and overseas, but do not include staff from FCO Services, (an Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the FCO), the UK Border Agency or locally engaged staff employed overseas.

Redundancy

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many posts have been declared redundant by each of his Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1999; and what the cost of those redundancies has been.

Alistair Burt: Since 1999, no staff have been made compulsorily redundant in the following executive agencies and arm’s length bodies (ALBs) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:
	FCO Services;
	Wilton Park;
	Great Britain China Centre.
	The British Council has made 56 staff compulsorily redundant since 1999. The cost of redundancy payments made in 2010-11 and 2011-12 was £563,014 and £28,633 respectively. No costs are available prior to this date as the information was not recorded centrally. To collate the information now, from individual records, would incur disproportionate cost.
	The Westminster Foundation for Democracy has made three staff compulsorily redundant since 1999; two staff in 2007-08 and the Chief Executive Officer in 2009. The total cost of redundancy payments was £215,761.

Blood Diseases

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to improve the recording of a (a) diagnosis of sepsis and (b) death from sepsis in NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement.

Daniel Poulter: The World Health Organisation's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases, which is used by the national health service, currently does not distinguish between sepsis and septicaemia (bloodstream infections). However, we understand that the WHO is currently revising its classification and the Department will be reviewing definitions of sepsis for recording purposes in the NHS in the light of that.
	Sepsis is the invasion and infection of a person with pathogenic micro-organisms that cause a severe response in the body. Sepsis can take many forms and at its most serious, can result in death.
	Frontline health care professionals are routinely trained to recognise the early signs of severe sepsis and how to treat it. The Department supports existing international guidance on the management of sepsis and used this to inform the ‘Start Smart Then Focus’ guidance published in November 2011. A copy has already been placed in the Library.
	In addition, registered health care providers are expected to ensure ongoing education of staff on the principles and practice of the prevention and control of infection, as advocated in the ‘Code of Practice for the prevention and control of infection and related guidance’.

Care Homes: Merseyside

Alison McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what the rate was per 100,000 people of permanent admissions to residential and nursing care homes for over-65s in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Merseyside in each of the last five years;
	(2)  what the rate was per 100,000 people of permanent admissions to residential and nursing care homes for 18 to 65 year-olds in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Merseyside in each of the last five years.

Norman Lamb: We are informed by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care that it collects and publishes data on the number of adults—those aged 18 to 64 and 65 and over—who are permanently admitted to local authority-supported residential and nursing care. Information on the numbers of people who arrange and fund their own care is not collected.
	The Information Centre does not collect data at constituency level, or for Merseyside, as this does not exist as a single local authority.
	The following tables show data, provided by the Information Centre, on the rate per 100,000 population of local authority-supported permanent admissions to residential and nursing care of those aged 18 to 64 years and 65 and over for Wirral, Sefton, St. Helens, Liverpool and Knowsley local authorities since 2007-08. These authorities are collectively referenced as serving the Merseyside area.
	
		
			 Rate (1)  per 100,000 population admitted to residential care 
			 Local authority Year (2) Age 18 to 64 Age 65 and over 
			 Wirral 2007-08 10 570 
			  2008-09 10 460 
			  2009-10 20 570 
			  2010-11 15 500 
			  2011-12 15 575 
			     
			 Liverpool 2007-08 10 520 
			  2008-09 15 815 
			  2009-10 15 665 
			  2010-11 10 730 
			  2011-12 15 660 
			     
			 Sefton 2007-08 15 510 
			  2008-09 15 605 
			  2009-10 15 570 
			  2010-11 10 495 
			  2011-12 10 610 
			     
			 St Helens 2007-08 5 280 
			  2008-09 10 485 
			  2009-10 5 390 
			  2010-11 5 415 
			  2011-12 10 560 
			     
			 Knowsley 2007-08 25 635 
			  2008-09 15 560 
			  2009-10 10 655 
			  2010-11 10 620 
			  2011-12 10 590 
		
	
	
		
			 Rate (1)  per 100,000 population admitted to nursing care 
			 Local authority Year (2) Age 18 to 64 Age 65 and over 
			 Wirral 2007-08 10 545 
			  2008-09 5 350 
			  2009-10 15 370 
			  2010-11 10 295 
			  2011-12 5 260 
			     
			 Liverpool 2007-08 5 180 
			  2008-09 15 290 
			  2009-10 10 235 
			  2010-11 10 245 
			  2011-12 5 200 
			     
			 Sefton 2007-08 5 295 
			  2008-09 10 410 
			  2009-10 5 285 
			  2010-11 10 250 
			  2011-12 10 295 
			     
			 St Helens 2007-08 5 640 
			  2008-09 5 335 
			  2009-10 0 420 
			  2010-11 5 325 
			  2011-12 10 495 
			     
			 Knowsley 2007-08 5 270 
			  2008-09 10 310 
			  2009-10 20 335 
			  2010-11 10 300 
			  2011-12 10 275 
			 (1) The Information Centre has calculated numbers as a rate per 100,000 population against figures supplied by the Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates. (2) Figures for 2011-12 are provisional; all other years are final. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest five.

Hospitals: Merseyside

Alison McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency readmissions within 30 days of discharge from hospital there were in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Merseyside in each of the last five years.

Anna Soubry: Information is not available in the precise form requested. Information on the number of emergency re-admissions within 28 days of discharge for the five most recent available years is given in the following table for Wirral primary care trust (identical to Wirral metropolitan county district) and Merseyside metropolitan county. Information on standardised rates of emergency re-admission (emergency re-admissions divided by the total number of hospital discharges, adjusted for variations in case mix) is available from the website of the Health and Social Care Information Centre at:
	https://indicators.ic.nhs.uk/webview/
	
		
			 Number of emergency re-admissions to hospital within 28 days of discharge from hospital, persons, financial years 2006-07 to 2010-11 
			 Area 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 
			 Wirral Primary Care Trust 5,503 5,734 5,662 5,486 4,969 
			 Merseyside Metropolitan County 24,299 24,274 24,304 25,235 22,100 
		
	
	
		
			 Notes: 1. All ‘re-admissions’ includes all finished and unfinished continuous in-patient (CIP) spells that are emergency admissions within 0-27 days (inclusive) of the last, previous discharge from hospital, including those where the patient dies, but excluding the following: those with a main specialty upon re-admission coded under obstetric or mental health specialties; and those where the re-admitting spell has a diagnosis of cancer (other than benign or in situ) or chemotherapy for cancer coded anywhere in the spell. 2. No attempt has been made to assess whether the re-admission was linked to the discharge in terms of diagnosis. 3. Some emergency re-admissions may be potentially avoidable and a result of poor treatment in hospital, or poor or badly organised rehabilitation and support services when a person is transferred home following treatment. This analysis does not attempt to identify whether the emergency re-admissions were avoidable. 4. It should be noted that the data presented are a count of re-admissions and not of individual patients, as a patient may be re-admitted more than once in a financial year.

Medical Equipment

Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of differences in the price paid for medical devices by foundation trust hospitals and health providers.

Daniel Poulter: The Department does not routinely assess the differences in prices paid for medical devices by foundation trust hospitals and health providers. National health service trusts are responsible for running their own procurements and ensure they are getting value for money from their procurement.

NHS: Freedom of Expression

David Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on freedom of speech for NHS staff and others working on NHS premises of the case between Mr Adrian Smith and Trafford Housing Trust.

Daniel Poulter: Each national health service organisation is an employer in their own right and is expected to have human resource policies and procedures that comply with current legislation including the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European convention on human rights that cover the right to freedom of speech.
	The NHS Constitution sets out that NHS organisations should have a clear policy on equality and diversity and a written procedure for handling disciplinary issues. Decisions taken by employers regarding an individual's alleged misconduct must always be viewed against the specific facts of the case.

Procurement

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the monetary value was of contracts awarded by his Department to (a) management consultancies and (b) IT companies in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.

Daniel Poulter: Part management consultancy spend and information technology (IT) companies spend for 2010-11 and 2011-12 for the Department of Health (this includes the Core Department and Connecting for Health) are both in the following tables:
	
		
			 Management consultancy services 
			 Financial year £ million 
			 2008-09 107.00 
			 2009-10 115.00 
			 2010-11 14.77 
			 2011-12 15.05 
		
	
	This Government is determined to use management consultants if and only if they can add real value and where no other alternative exists, which ensures taxpayers' money is spent wisely.
	
		
			 IT companies 
			 Financial year £ million 
			 2008-09 75.12 
			 2009-10 104.67 
			 2010-11 112.47 
			 2011-12 120.11 
		
	
	Departmental IT companies spend is taken from the combined Department's Business Management System (BMS) and also Connecting for Health financial reporting sources for all years 2008-09 to 2011-12 and is taken to mean total ICT spend as compared to services that are IT based. The reported amount is therefore defined by how it is categorised in the accounting systems.

Procurement

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many procurement officers are currently employed by his Department;
	(2)  how many civil servants in his Department regularly deal with procurement services;
	(3)  how many procurement officers in his Department have relevant procurement qualifications.

Daniel Poulter: In its response to the National Audit Office study on Government procurement in October 2012, the Department reported a total of 39 full-time equivalent (FTE) posts in its centralised procurement function. Of these, 24 FTEs are procurement professionals —15 holding full graduate membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply with the other nine holding foundation level in progress towards graduate status.
	The centralised procurement function provides the professional lead role and supports core spending activities across the Department, although staff outside of the function will also engage in procurement services. It is therefore not possible to identify a definitive number of civil servants engaged in procurement services across the Department.

Procurement

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which contracts his Department has signed with private companies for the provision of services previously provided by the public sector under his departmental responsibility since May 2010; what the (a) length of the contract and (b) financial penalties for opting out early are in each case where possible within the cost constraints of this question; and if he will make a statement.

Daniel Poulter: The Department contracts for a wide variety of services to support its delivery agenda. The Department's central procurement system does not have a separate category for business process outsourcing (private companies delivering services previously provided by the public sector), nor any central means of consistently identifying outsourced services. To provide a comprehensive list would mean going back to each business area and Directorate in the Department and consulting on which of the contracts they have commissioned are to be considered to be business process outsourcing. This would incur disproportionate cost.
	The Department publishes information on newly awarded contracts on Contracts Finder, the Government online facility for the publication of tendering opportunities and contract information. Contracts Finder may be found at:
	http://contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/

Redundancy

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many posts have been declared redundant by each of his Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1999; and what the cost of those redundancies has been.

Daniel Poulter: The following table shows the total cost of “exit packages” as reported in the individual published annual report and accounts of executive non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies for financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12.
	Prior to this exit package, information was not published by the individual bodies, or formally collected by the Department in the format requested. To supply it from 1999 would incur disproportionate costs.
	
		
			 Exit packages per accounts consolidation data 
			  2010-11 2011-12 
			  Total number of exit packages Total cost of exit packages £000 Total number of exit packages Total cost of exit packages £000 
			 Non-departmental public bodies:     
			 Care Quality Commission 140 9,181 50 722 
			 Health Protection Agency 33 749 38 839 
			 Appointments Commission 9 430 * 26 
			 Executive Agencies:     
			 Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 1 47 25 907 
		
	
	The data is taken directly from the audited consolidation schedules provided by the bodies concerned, from which the Departments annual report and accounts are prepared. The disclosure in the accounts shows the number and value of exit packages taken by staff leaving in the year.
	Exit packages includes compulsory redundancies and other departures. The latter includes the cost of both early retirements (excluding those relating to ill-health) and voluntary redundancies. However, it is not possible to separately identify the value of either of these costs from the data collected. Therefore an overall figure for redundancies is not separately identifiable.
	The expense associated with these departures may have been recognised in part or in full in a previous period.
	Due to the small numbers of staff involved, and in order to comply with the Data Protection Act, the numbers of staff for the Appointments Commission are represented by “*” as per their published accounts.

Temporary Employment

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount his Department spent on interim staff as defined by the National Audit Office in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.

Daniel Poulter: The Department does not hold information about spending specifically on interims as defined by the National Audit Office. Information about the Department's overall spending on ‘temporary/agency’ staff (this includes agency and temporary staff, contractors and secondees) is included in the Department's Resource Accounts. From the 2011-12 Resource Accounts—at following link—the figures for the ‘Core Department’ and ‘Connecting for Health’ for 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively can be found in table 17 on page 47:
	https://www.wp.dh.gov.uk/publications/files/2012/10/23735_HC-66-DoH.pdf

Afghanistan

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development 
	(1)  what the size of her Department's team is in (a) Kabul and (b) Helmand; and if she will make a statement about planned changes to her Department's presence after 2014;
	(2)  what her policy is on the future of (a) Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and (b) other PRTs in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement.

Justine Greening: For security reasons we cannot provide exact staffing numbers for Helmand and Kabul.
	As agreed by President Karzai and the international community all Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) across Afghanistan will close by the end of 2014, including the UK-led Helmand PRT. From 2014 DFID Afghanistan is currently planning to maintain a presence in Kabul of similar size to our current operation.

Afghanistan

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Helmand Province in each of the last 10 years.

Justine Greening: DFID bilateral spend in Afghanistan since 2002-03 is broken down as follows.
	
		
			 £ million 
			 Financial year Afghanistan Including Helmand specific programming 
			 2002-03 74.5 — 
			 2003-04 79.7 — 
			 2004-05 79.6 — 
			 2005-06 98.4 — 
			 2006-07 98.8 11.0 
			 2007-08 108.9 8.6 
			 2008-09 147.5 22.3 
			 2009-10 133.4 18.0 
			 2010-11 97.2 20.3 
			 2011-12 146.1 18.3 
		
	
	The DFID bilateral programme to Helmand began in 2006 with the UK assuming the NATO lead in the province. From 2003 to the present DFID's national programme of support to the Afghan Government has also benefited Helmand Province indirectly.

Bovine Tuberculosis

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 152W, on bovine tuberculosis, what judgements his Department makes on the movement of camelids when the keeper opts for the skin test rather than the voluntary blood test for tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement.

David Heath: Given the very limited sensitivity of the tuberculin skin test in camelids, a negative skin test result, particularly in animals originating in endemic bovine TB areas and/or from herds with a history of confirmed TB outbreaks will be treated with particular caution. This is why up until now DEFRA has made available on a voluntary basis supplementary blood testing. These blood tests have now been validated and peer reviewed and DEFRA is proposing for the future: (a) to make the use of antibody TB blood testing compulsory to lift movement restrictions from camelid herds affected by confirmed TB outbreaks; and (b) to continue to recommend to the alpaca and llama societies the adoption of private skin and blood (antibody) tests as the industry standard for camelids being moved between premises in Great Britain.

EU Law

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which EU directives his Department transposed in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date; which EU directives his Department expects to transpose in (i) 2013 and (ii) the next two years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such directive to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.

Richard Benyon: The following directives were transposed by DEFRA in 2011:
	Directive 2009/106/EC amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption.
	Directive 2009/125/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products(1).
	Directive 2010/30/EC on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products.
	Directive 2010/46/EC on the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species(1).
	The following directives were transposed by DEFRA in 2012:
	Directive 2009/126/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products(1).
	Directive 2009/128/EC establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides.
	Directive 2010/60/EC providing for certain derogations for marketing of fodder plant seed mixtures intended for use in the preservation of the natural environment(1).
	Directive 2010/79/EC on the adaptation to technical progress of Annex III to Directive 2004/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds.
	Directive 2012/05/EC amending Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue(1).
	DEFRA does not capture estimated costs to the public purse of new regulations but does capture estimated costs to business. These are set out in individual impact assessments which can be found on the Better Regulation Executive's impact assessment library:
	http://www.ialibrary.bis.gov.uk/links/
	We expect the following directives to be transposed by DEFRA in 2013:
	Directive 2010/75/EC on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control).
	Directive 2011/97/EC as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste(2).
	Directive 2012/12/EC amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption(2).
	Details of forthcoming Government regulations on business are published every six months in Statements of New Regulation. The most recent statement was published on 17 December and details new regulations expected over the period 1 January to 30 June 2013, including those to be introduced as a result of EU legislation. This Fifth Statement can be found on GOV.UK at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-fifth-statement-of-new-regulation-regulations-covering-january-to-june-2013
	(1) There are no associated impact assessments for this legislation because the legislation was not expected to have an impact on business or civil society.
	(2) Impact assessments will be published as they are developed.

Inland Waterways: Conservation

Marcus Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward measures to prevent further aquatic invasive non-native species entering the UK from mainland Europe.

Richard Benyon: We currently seek to address the risks of invasive non-native species through the implementation of the non-native species framework strategy for GB. Actions have included, for example; domestic sales restrictions on our most invasive aquatic plant species; the development of a monitoring regime for non-native species; research into the impacts, methods of spread and control of invasive non-native species; and communications campaigns to encourage better biosecurity in the aquatic environment.
	Additionally, my officials will continue to work with the European Commission and other member states to ensure that an EU-wide strategy, whether through the legislative proposals that are now anticipated in spring 2013 or otherwise, will deliver sufficiently robust mechanisms to tackle the spread of invasive non-native species within and between member states, including to the UK. An EU-wide approach is needed and officials have already played a prominent role in the Commission's working groups set up to inform the expected legislative proposals and will continue to do so to ensure that any proposals are proportionate and fit for purpose.

Livestock: Transport

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his contributions of 13 December 2012, Official Report, column 530, on live animal exports, what has occurred as a result of each of the 30 statutory notices served on companies not in compliance with the regulations on transporting live animals for export.

David Heath: Under Article 26(2) of Council Regulation 1/2005, it is normally the responsibility of the competent authority responsible for the authorisation of the transporter to take the necessary regulatory action against a transporter where there has been a notified infringement of the legislation.
	In terms of those infringements relating to the suitability of vehicles, each of the statutory notices served required remedial action to be taken either after completion of the journey, if there was no immediate risk to the welfare of the animals, or where there was such a risk to the animals, before the journey was permitted to continue, as was the case on four occasions. On 10 occasions the notices prohibited the further use of vehicles within Great Britain until such time as the necessary remedial action had been taken.

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance his Department provides on the distances off shore wind farms should be built away from sensitive coastlines; and if he will make a statement.

John Hayes: Any proposal to build an offshore wind farm is subject to project level assessment, including environmental impact assessment, where locationally specific impacts will be considered. The Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) and the National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3), set the policy context for the development of nationally significant energy infrastructure, including offshore wind farms.

Business: Taxation

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to provide small businesses with advice and help and to promote their understanding of the tax system.

David Gauke: The Government is committed to improving small businesses' experience of the tax system, including improving education and support, as set out in ‘Making tax easier, quicker and simpler for small business’, published at Budget 2012 and which can be found online at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/sme-4756.pdf
	As part of this commitment, as announced at autumn statement 2012, HMRC will significantly expand its online services over the next three years to make the tax system more efficient, transparent and less burdensome for both small businesses and individual taxpayers.

Child Benefit

Christopher Leslie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers have contacted HM Revenue and Customs on the forthcoming change to child benefit policy to (a) end their entitlement, (b) adjust their tax code, (c) request further information and (d) make a complaint; and if he will make a statement.

David Gauke: The information requested is as follows:
	(a) An individual's entitlement to child benefit is not affected by the introduction of the high income child benefit charge. Underlying entitlement to child benefit will remain if an individual decides to opt out of receiving payment of child benefit. As of 7 January 2013, approximately 270,000 child benefit claimants had requested that payment be stopped.
	(b) As of 7 January 2013, approximately 3,100 taxpayers had asked for the high income child benefit charge to be included in their PAYE code in 2013-14. The deadline for doing so is October 2013.
	(c) As of 7 January 2013, the high income child benefit charge pages of the HMRC website had received approximately 1.7 million hits and HMRC had received approximately 61,000 calls about the high income child benefit charge.
	(d) As of 7 January 2013, six complaints had been received about the high income child benefit charge.

Corporation Tax: Energy

Dominic Raab: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much UK corporation tax was paid by energy companies operating in the UK in each of the last five years.

Sajid Javid: The following table shows the total corporation tax liability for companies in the energy sector in each financial year from 2006-07 to 2010-11. More recent data is not available.
	
		
			 Energy sector(1) corporation tax liabilities, United Kingdom, financial years 
			 Financial year(2) Corporation tax liability(3)(£ million) 
			 2006-07 5,608 
			 2007-08 6,800 
			 2008-09 11,534 
			 2009-10 7,038 
		
	
	
		
			 2010-11 9,069 
			 (1) Summary Trade Classification categories: Coal Extracting and Manufacture of Solid Fuels, Extraction of Mineral Oil and Natural Gas, Mineral Oil Processing, Nuclear Fuel Production and Production and Distribution of Gas, Electricity, and other forms of energy. (2) Comprises accounting periods ending within each financial year. (3) Liability figures, especially for 2010-11, are subject to revision—for example as additional returns are received. Further information is available in the National Statistics publication on Corporation Tax available at: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/ct-receipts/corporation-tax-statistics.pdf

Individual Savings Accounts: Children

Nigel Adams: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that children are not adversely affected by the transfer of child trust funds to junior ISAs.

Sajid Javid: The Government has no plans at present to allow child trust funds (CTFs) to be transferred to junior ISAs. The latest published data show there is a sizeable and competitive market for CTFs, and steady growth in the value of accounts. As at April 2011, around 5.5 million children had a CTF, and these accounts were worth around £4.3 billion, with around 70 CTF providers in the market.
	As with all features of the tax system, the Government will keep under review whether any action is necessary in the future.

Minimum Wage

Ian Murray: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent staff worked in the HM Revenue and Customs minimum wage enforcement team in each year since 2008.

David Gauke: The current number of FTE staff in HMRC's minimum wage enforcement team (January 2013) is 144.15. The annual breakdown requested from 2008 is as follows:
	
		
			 As at April each year Number FTE staff 
			 2008 133.12 
			 2009 138.18 
			 2010 142,74 
			 201.1 138.37 
			 2012 134.67

National Insurance Contributions: New Businesses

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to extending the national insurance contributions holiday to micro businesses; and if he will make a statement.

David Gauke: The Government has considered the case for extending the NICs holiday to all existing micro businesses but believe the best use of public funds at this time is to keep the NICs holiday as a targeted scheme for those areas in most need of employment support.

Poverty: Children

Kate Green: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the potential effect on child poverty measured as the number of children living in households falling below 60 per cent of median income before housing costs was of his announcement in the 2010 Budget that the Government would (a) increase the standard rate of value added tax, (b) increase the income tax personal allowance, (c) index all benefits, tax credits and public sector pensions to consumer prices index, (d) freeze council tax rates for one year, (e) introduce the personal independence payment to replace disability living allowance, (f) extend conditionality to lone parents who have a youngest child aged 5, (g) change the basis for setting local housing allowance (LHA) rates from the median to the 30th percentile of local market rents from October 2011, (h) cap LHA rates at £250 per week for a one bedroom property, £290 per week for a two bedroom property, £340 per week for a three bedroom property and £400 per week for all properties with four bedrooms or more from April 2011, (i) uprate LHA rates by the consumer price index from April 2013, (j) restrict housing benefit for working age social tenants who occupy a larger property than their family size warrants, (k) freeze both rates of child benefit for three years from 2011-12, (l) reduce the tax credits second income threshold to £40,000 in 2011-12, (m) increase the first and second withdrawal rates to 41 per cent in 2011-12, (n) taper the family element of the child tax credit immediately after the child element in 2012-13, (o) remove the baby element in the child tax credit from 2011-12, (p) reverse the £4 supplement in the child tax credit for children aged one and two from 2012-13, (q) reduce the income disregard in tax credits from £25,000 to £10,000 for two years from 2011-12 then to £5,000 in 2013-14, (r) introduce an income disregard in tax credits of £2,500 for falls in income from 2012-13, (s) increase the child element of the child tax credit by £150 in 2011-12 and £60 in 2012-13 above indexation, (t) abolish the health in pregnancy grant and (u) reduce the Sure Start maternity grant.

Sajid Javid: The analysis undertaken at Budget 2010 was published in the Budget 2010 document and Annex A, available at
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/junebudget_documents.htm
	In general, HM Treasury's distributional analysis does not examine the impacts of individual policies in isolation, as it is important to take account of the impact of the tax, benefit and tax credits system as a whole.
	The Government believes looking at income in isolation is not a helpful measure to track progress towards its target of eradicating child poverty.
	The Government is currently consulting on better measures of child poverty to inform its approach to eradicate child poverty—tackling its root causes, providing high-quality education, and helping people into work through universal credit.

Poverty: Children

Kate Green: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the potential effect on child poverty measured as the number of children living in households falling below 60 per cent of median income before housing costs was of his announcement in the 2011 Budget that the Government would (a) increase the income tax personal allowance, (b) change the basis for indexing direct taxes to consumer prices index and (c) remove the fuel duty escalator.

Sajid Javid: The analysis undertaken at Budget 2011 was published in the Budget 2011 document and Annex A, available at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget_documents.htm
	HM Treasury's distributional analysis does not examine the impacts of individual policies in isolation, as it is important to take account of the impact of the tax, benefit and tax credits system as a whole.
	The Government believes looking at income in isolation is not a helpful measure to track progress towards its target of eradicating child poverty.
	The Government is currently consulting on better measures of child poverty to inform its approach to eradicate child poverty—tackling its root causes, providing high-quality education, and helping people into work through universal credit.

Poverty: Children

Kate Green: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the potential effect on child poverty measured as the number of children living in households falling below 60 per cent of median income before housing costs was of his announcement in the 2011 Autumn Statement that the Government would (a) freeze the couple and lone parent elements of the Working Tax Credit in 2012-13 and reverse the planned £110 increase in the child element of child tax credit and (b) increase public sector pay by one per cent in each of the two years following the end of the pay freeze.

Sajid Javid: The analysis undertaken at autumn statement 2011 was published in the autumn statement 2011 document and supplementary document Distributional Analysis, available at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/as2011_documents.htm
	HM Treasury's distributional analysis does not examine the impacts of individual policies in isolation, as it is important to take account of the impact of the tax, benefit and tax credits system as a whole.
	The Government believes looking at income in isolation is not a helpful measure to track progress towards its target of eradicating child poverty.
	The Government is currently consulting on better measures of child poverty to inform its approach to eradicate child poverty—tackling its root causes, providing high-quality education, and helping people into work through universal credit.

Procurement

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the monetary value was of contracts awarded by his Department to (a) management consultancies and (b) IT companies in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.

Sajid Javid: HM Treasury spend is not captured or categorised by company ‘type’. The analysis required to respond on the basis of contracts awarded to ‘management consultancies’ or ‘IT companies’ could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost to the Department.
	HM Treasury spend (excluding VAT) for consultancy services (which includes spend with management consultancies) for FYs 2010-11 and 2011-12 is £28.5 million and £15.2 million respectively.
	This information is published in the ‘HM Treasury Annual Report 2012’ (page 140); and is available on the Department's website:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
	HM Treasury complies with the Cabinet Office Transparency agenda requirement for central Government Departments to publish contract awards in excess of £10,000 (excl VAT) on ‘Contracts Finder’:
	www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/

Tax Avoidance: Construction

Katy Clark: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the recently released report, The Great Payroll Scandal by the UCATT trades union; and if he will make a statement.

David Gauke: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the House on 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 324W.

VAT

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  how many new VAT registration numbers were issued in (a) 2012 and (b) each of the last five calendar years;
	(2)  how many VAT registrations have been ended in (a) 2012 and (b) each of the last five calendar years.

David Gauke: The numbers of new VAT registrations and de-registrations are available in sheet 5 of the HMRC VAT Bulletin which is at:
	https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Tax%20and%20Duty%20Bulletins/VAT_1112.xls

Welfare Tax Credits

Luciana Berger: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average cost of calls made to the tax credit helpline was in each of the last three years.

Sajid Javid: HMRC does not hold the information to provide the average costs of calls to the tax credit line over the last three years.
	The cost of calling HMRC is dependent on several-factors. Calls are charged to the customer based on the tariff arrangements they have with their service provider, the device they use for the call and the location from which they call.
	HMRC's tax credit helpline can now be accessed using an 0345 number. This results in cheaper calls for customers calling from mobile phones in comparison to the previous 0845 number.

Welfare Tax Credits

Luciana Berger: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls were received by the tax credit helpline was in each of the last three years.

Sajid Javid: HMRC records a range of call handling data. The following table shows both the total number of call attempts received and the number of callers, which measures underlying customer demand for the tax credit helpline in the last three years:-
	
		
			 Tax credits helpline 
			  Number of call attempts(1) (millions) Callers(2) (millions) 
			 2011-12 30 20 
			 2010-11 63 26 
		
	
	
		
			 2009-10 31 22 
			 (1 )Calls attempts—The number of attempts (including redials) made to contact the Tax Credit Helpline. (2) The number of individual callers telephoning on each individual day aggregated over the period. 
		
	
	The increased call attempts in 2010-11 are linked to reduced call handling performance, leading to callers frequently using the redial facility on their telephones, which affected the volume of call attempts.
	HMRC's analysis of this data showed that customer demand levels have remained relatively constant over the last three years and redial ranges returned to normal levels in 2011-12.

Working Tax Credit

Luciana Berger: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average length of time was between an eligible applicant's working tax credit claim form being received and the applicant receiving the support to which they were entitled for each of the last three years.

Sajid Javid: The average time taken to process a new claim for tax credits for the last three years is as follows:
	
		
			  Days 
			 2009-10 19.7 
			 2010-11 24.0 
			 2011-12 25.2 
		
	
	We cannot breakdown processing times specifically for working tax credit in the manner requested. The average processing times therefore cover all tax credit claims made (working tax credit and child tax credit inclusive).
	The key driver for the increase in time taken to process a new claim was the increased intensity of upfront compliance checks to reduce the level of error and fraud in the system. Moving from a strategy of ‘check now pay later’ to ‘check now then pay’ came with heavily increased levels of pre-payment interventions and checks which added to the processing time.

Working Tax Credit

Luciana Berger: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average length of time was between an eligible applicant requesting a working tax credit claim form via the tax credit helpline and the receipt of their working tax credit form in each of the last three years.

Sajid Javid: This information is not available in the format requested. HMRC aim to send out a claim pack to customers within 48-hours of the request.

Access to Work Programme

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funding his Department allocated to publicising the Access to Work programme in 2011-12; and what funding will be allocated to publicising that programme in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.

Mark Hoban: I am unable to provide the funding allocation set aside for publicising the Access to Work programme across all financial years within this spending review, because funding allocations are indicative for business planning purposes, and are subject to change.
	For 2011-12 we are unable to separately determine the publicity spend on the Access to Work programme.
	There is a ministerial ban on local publicity, however for 2012-13 there has been an Exemption Request approved for external publicity with a value of £55,000 and this was for Access to Work publicity (to cover on line marketing, events ad production of marketing material).
	For future years it would be impossible to give a value as budgets are being reviewed in light of the challenge from the autumn statement.

Children: Poverty

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation study on the impact of child poverty on gross domestic product.

Esther McVey: The Government welcomes all contributions to the child poverty debate and work which adds to our understanding of the causes and consequences of child poverty. The Government is determined to eradicate the problem by tackling its root causes, including worklessness, educational failure and family breakdown.
	Universal credit will improve work incentives as well as refocusing entitlements on lower-income in-work households, and removing the complexity that stands in the way of people taking up their current benefit and tax credit entitlements. Over 2 million people will be lifted out of income tax altogether by the announced raises to the personal allowance. We are giving more nursery and pre-school provision, ensuring that 260,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds receive 15 hours a week free childcare. We are investing in education, including £2.5 billion for the pupil premium and £1.2 billion for capital investment in schools.

Comet Group

Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to ensure that specialists from Jobcentre Plus work with Comet employees in Chesterfield whose jobs are threatened by the company's closure for the purposes of providing advice on re-training and re-employment.

Mark Hoban: Jobcentre are working closely with both Deloitte, the appointed administrator and Comet, to ensure employees facing redundancy receive the best possible support through this difficult time. All locations including Chesterfield have been contacted by Jobcentre Plus and received an offer of support and discussions are now under way with Comet Store Managers to agree a suitable approach at local level. In addition we have agreed with Deloitte that all employees under threat of redundancy will receive the Rapid Response Employee fact sheet, along with a jobsearch resource pack, which will help them consider how to prepare and look for work.

Employment and Support Allowance

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employment and support allowance recipients in each Government region experienced (a) mental and behavioural and (b) physical disorders in each of the last four years, by type of disorder.

Mark Hoban: Statistics on the number of Employment and Support Allowance recipients in each Government region experienced (a) mental and behavioural and (b) physical disorders in each of the last four years, by type of disorder and region can be found at:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool
	Guidance for users is available at:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/guidance.pdf

Employment and Support Allowance

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employment and support allowance claimants failed a personal capability assessment in each of the last four years.

Mark Hoban: Information on the number of employment and support allowance claimants that failed a Work Capability Assessment can be found at:
	http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/esa_wca/esa_wca_oct2012_tables.xls

Food Banks

Tessa Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what Government support is made available to food banks.

David Heath: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
	The Government do not provide any support to specific food banks. However, we recognise the good work of organisations that redistribute surplus food to help reduce food poverty, to assist the homeless and to provide access to nutritional meals to those who may otherwise struggle. In 2012 DEFRA held a roundtable with retailers and food distribution charities to explore the barriers to redistribution, building upon the partnerships most major retailers already have with redistribution charities.

Future Jobs Fund

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the results of the Future Jobs Fund were for each constituency in the UK in each year for which data is available.

Mark Hoban: DWP does not hold information on the results of the Future Jobs Fund for each constituency in the UK. However, it has published official statistics on Future Jobs Fund participant outcomes at a regional level (which may be found here:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/jsa/ypg/ypg_fjf_annexe_apr2012.pdf
	and a national evaluation of the impacts of the Future Jobs Fund (which may be found here:
	http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/adhoc_analysis/2012/impacts_costs_benefits_fjf.pdf
	It is not possible to replicate the results of the Future Jobs Fund impact analysis for each constituency in the UK, largely because of insufficient sample sizes at this geographical level.

Hepatic Angiosarcoma

Eric Ollerenshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will classify hepatic angiosarcoma caused by exposure to vinyl chloride on the same basis as mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos.

Esther McVey: Diseases that attract payment under the Industrial Injuries Scheme can only be prescribed if they meet the statutory requirements set out in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
	Both angiosarcoma of the liver from occupational exposure to vinyl chloride monomer in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride and mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos are classified as prescribed diseases. Employed earners who contract either of these diseases through their work are able to make a claim for industrial injuries benefits.
	On the basis of advice from the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, and because of the nature and short term prognosis of mesothelioma, legislation is in place in respect of this disease so claimants are automatically assessed as being 100% disabled and the usual 90 day waiting rule for industrial injuries disablement benefit is waived. There are no current plans to extend the legislation.

Jobseeker’s Allowance: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or equivalent benefit for more than (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 18 months in each quarter in the Peterborough city council area since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Hoban: Statistics on how many claimants were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or equivalent benefit for more than (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 18 months in each quarter in the Peterborough city council area since 2010 are given in the following table:
	
		
			 Peterborough 
			  Over 13 and up to 26 weeks Over 39 and up to 52 weeks Over 65 and up to 78 weeks 
			 2010    
			 January 1,460 540 190 
			 April 1,120 480 220 
			 July 1,075 485 275 
			 October 810 310 210 
			     
			 2011    
			 January 1,010 285 220 
			 April 1,320 280 140 
			 July 1,410 395 135 
			 October 1,150 535 145 
			     
			 2012    
			 January 1,075 565 210 
			 April 1,435 510 310 
			 July 1,215 525 370 
			 October 1,105 595 290 
			 Note: Data rounded to nearest five. 
		
	
	This and other similar information can be found at nomis:
	https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp

Medical Records: Data Protection

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how consent is sought for mail containing sensitive and confidential medical data to be opened and handled by a third party when it is sent to (a) his Department and (b) Atos Healthcare; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Hoban: There are relevant statutory provisions governing the jurisdiction of my Department in various Acts. Additionally there are Statutory Instruments which regulate how the Department operates under the Acts.
	My Department does not seek consent for opening mail containing sensitive and medical data in pursuant of its administrative responsibilities. Atos Healthcare has responsibility conducting assessments and providing advice to my Department in support of claims or re-assessment for specific benefits. It is standard for evidence to be submitted in the form of a medical record and for Atos to review any available evidence when conducting assessments. Atos Healthcare is under contract and is directly accountable to the Department.
	The Department complies with responsibilities laid down under the Data Protection Act 1998 (“Act”) and publishes guidance on:
	www.dwp.gov.uk
	called “DWP-your-personal-information”.
	The Department has long standing safeguards within the administration process. Most notably a third party organisation can only be authorised to open and handle mail when under a contract. The contract sets out additional provisions for which the third party organisation is accountable for secure handling of sensitive and confidential information and this is governed by the Department's Security. Any person involved in opening and handling post are bound by Confidentiality Agreements including the Official Secrets Act, whether employed directly by the Department or employed by a third party.

Redundancy Pay

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total amount of redundancy pay paid to civil servants in his Department was in each month from July to December 2012.

Mark Hoban: The information you requested is in the following table:
	
		
			 2012 
			 £ 
			   July August September October November December 
			 Compulsory redundancy — 45,588 — — — — 
			 Voluntary redundancy — 119,759 — 41,823 163 — 
			 Voluntary exit 3,148,615 234,934 139,627 353,019 — 427 
			 Total 3,148,615 400,280 139,627 394,843 163 427 
			 Note: The small balances in November and December relate to corrections made to previous redundancy payments.

Remploy

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what occasions Ministers in his Department have met with trades union consortium officers on the closure of Remploy sites.

Esther McVey: I have had contact with representatives from the Remploy trade unions in face to face meetings, stakeholder events and through correspondence. I have listened and responded to their views and opinions on the progress of the Stage 1 process, as I have done with other stakeholders.

Social Security Benefits

Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of claims for benefits are paid out (a) within 16 days following receipt of the claim and (b) after 16 days following receipt of the claim.

Mark Hoban: The latest information available is for April to November 2012 and is outlined in the following table.
	For JSA and ESA we can give the percentage of claims cleared within 16 days.
	For income support, data is not collected at 16 days. The nearest available measure is percentage of claims cleared within 13 days.
	
		
			 Benefit April to November 2012 (Percentage) 
			 JSA Claims percentage cleared in 16 days 85.7 
			 ESA Claims percentage cleared in 16 days 82.6 
			 IS Claims percentage cleared in 13 days 89.8 
			 Source: MISP 
		
	
	Clearance times reflect the end point at which claims are cleared and notification issued to customer. This may not be the date of first payment in every case (for example a claim may be cleared before the first payment is due or customers may not be entitled to benefit payments, e.g. JSA credits only customers).
	The date of payment is not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Social Security Benefits: Barnsley

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Barnsley Central constituency will be affected by planned changes to (a) disability living allowance, (b) under occupancy rules in social housing, (c) the benefit cap, (d) council tax benefit and (e) the social fund.

Steve Webb: The information is as follows:
	(a) The available information on personal independence payment (PIP) is published in the Reassessments and Impacts briefing note. This can be found on the Department's website at:
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pip-reassessments-and-impacts.pdf
	Information on current disability living allowance caseloads at a parliamentary constituency level can also be found on the Department's website at:
	http://83.244.183.180/100pc/tabtool.html
	(b) No estimates are available for the social sector under-occupancy measure at parliamentary constituency level. Regional estimates of impacts are provided in the impact assessment at:
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/social-sector-housing-under-occupation-wr2011-ia.pdf
	(c) A table showing the parliamentary constituency breakdown of those affected by the benefit cap has been placed in the Library and can be found at:
	http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-1587/LibraryDocument125527.pdf
	The figures presented above are consistent with the recent impact assessment published on 16 July 2012. In making these estimates we assume that the situation of these households will go unchanged, and they will not take any steps to either work enough hours to qualify for working tax credit, renegotiate their rent in situ, or find alternative accommodation. In all cases the Department is working to support households through this transition, using existing provision through Jobcentre Plus and the Work programme to move as many into work as possible. Therefore, please note that these figures are subject to change prior to the policy being implemented in April 2013.
	(d) Estimates of how many people will be affected by the change from council tax benefit to localised support are not available at a parliamentary constituency level. The number of people affected will depend on the decisions by local authorities about the design of their schemes.
	(e) We do not have any estimates on how many people will be affected by the social fund reforms that are due to take effect from April 2013 at a parliamentary constituency level.
	As part of the reforms some social fund discretionary payments will be abolished. Funding is being provided for new and better targeted local provision through local authorities in England', and through arrangements made by the Scottish and Welsh Governments. The local provision will be tailored to local circumstance and integrated with other local support services. Local authorities in England are currently finalising the design of their own local schemes including eligibility criteria. This means we are unable to provide any estimates of how many people will be eligible under each local authority scheme.
	In addition universal credit will provide a better service, of payments on account, supporting many people in need of short and longer term credit facilities. These necessary reforms simplify the current complex, poorly targeted and remote system, and ensure that support is focused on those who really need it.

Universal Credit

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how the Universal Credit system will handle a statement of an employee's earnings in a given period, obtained from the employer in a PAYE real time information (RTI) submission, where the hash in the RTI submission cannot subsequently be matched by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Hoban: The universal credit system will calculate individual payments based on information received from employers and earnings reported by the claimant where RTI is not available. For any individual universal credit claimant, the lack of a matching cross reference, where one would be expected, will be just one of a number of factors taken into account in assessing whether checks need to be made into any particular claim.

Banks: Assets

Steven Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the statement in the Financial Stability Report published by the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England in November 2012, that current accounting standards permit the overvaluing of bank assets; and if he will make a statement.

Jo Swinson: The Financial Stability Report acknowledges that the need to revise international accounting standards to improve the approaches taken to determining provisions for losses on loans has been recognised. The Government continues to press the International Accounting Standards Board and the European Commission to prioritise the development and agreement of an improved standard for use within the European Union.

Redundancy

John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Government response on changes to the rules on collective redundancies, what steps he plans to take to encourage employers to extend consultation beyond the minimum 45 day period where necessary; and when he plans to review the impact of any changes.

Jo Swinson: The call for evidence and consultation that Government has carried out on the current collective redundancy regime showed that consultations can and do last longer than the minimum period and we expect that to continue where circumstances make this appropriate. In addition, I have asked the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) to work with stakeholders to produce new non-statutory guidance that will promote best practice for good quality consultation and engagement between employers and employees. This will emphasise the need for meaningful consultation.
	The Government will introduce the new 45-day period in April. We will review the operation and impact of the shorter statutory period on the labour market once we have had time to see its full effect.

Training: Veterans

Jeremy Lefroy: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support the Government is providing to former army personnel to retrain for civilian roles within and outside the armed forces.

Matthew Hancock: This Department works with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to prepare army personnel for civilian life.
	MOD has a significant programme of activity to help army personnel make the transition to life and work outside the forces. The Career Transition Partnership provides a resettlement service to eligible service leavers that helps personnel make a successful transition to civilian employment in a suitable second career appropriate to their skills, knowledge, experience and aspirations. Those who have completed six years service or more are entitled to an individual resettlement training costs grant to help meet the costs of training during resettlement. Access is also provided to training that translates skills developed in the armed forces into equivalent civilian qualifications.
	The adult skills budget, with its significant flexibilities for colleges and further education providers, supports skills provision for adults in general. Two specific schemes support army personnel in preparing for civilian roles after leaving the forces.
	The Service Leavers scheme pays the tuition fees for certain service leavers to gain a first full Level 3 qualification or a first higher education qualification, up to and including a first degree.
	Support for those ex-service personnel who wish to start up in business, or need support in the early days of a new business, is provided through the Be the Boss scheme, set up with £5 million of funding from this Department. Be the Boss is run by the Royal British Legion and has successfully funded 194 businesses with 1,946 ex-service personnel now preparing to set themselves up in business.

Bellerbys College

Tessa Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what reports he has received on allegations of falsification of exam results at Bellerbys Colleges; and what steps he proposes to take to investigate such allegations.

Elizabeth Truss: The Department for Education has received no reports or representations regarding alleged exam malpractice involving Bellerbys Colleges.
	The Department for Education and Ofqual, the independent regulator for qualifications and examinations, take allegations of exam malpractice very seriously. Responsibility for investigating allegations of malpractice and issuing penalties (where appropriate), for any candidate or exam centre, is a matter for exam boards.

Children: Protection

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education 
	(1)  what steps he is taking in response to the findings of the Serious Case Review of Child EG published by the Westminster Safeguarding Children Board;
	(2)  what steps he is taking following the findings of the Serious Case Review of Child Z published by the Croydon Safeguarding Children Board in October 2011.

Edward Timpson: holding answer 7 January 2013
	The two serious case reviews that you refer to contained a number of recommendations for central Government. These relate to the responsibilities of several Government Departments. I am responding as I have ministerial responsibility in Government for policy on serious case reviews.
	Officials of the Department are liaising with those Departments to clarify the latest position on the issues the recommendations raise. Because of the time of year it has not yet been possible to collate all of that information. I will therefore write with a full reply to your questions shortly.

Education: Assessments

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he plans to take to ensure that the views of those schools in Northern Ireland who sit GCSE examinations through English and Welsh Boards are taken account of in any consultation on new examination arrangements for England.

Elizabeth Truss: holding answer 22 October 2012
	We announced in September our intention to introduce new English baccalaureate certificates. As qualifications policy is a devolved matter, our decision to replace GCSEs with high-quality qualifications, matching the best in the world, applies to England only. Our proposals for implementing our reforms are now the subject of consultation, and we will welcome and consider any views which teachers, parents, students and others in Northern Ireland choose to submit.

Health Education: Drugs

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the role of drugs education within the curriculum; what representations his Department has received on the nature and effectiveness of drugs education; whether he plans to review such evidence; and what steps he intends to take to improve the quality and prevalence of drugs education in schools.

Elizabeth Truss: holding answer 7 January 2013
	Pupils are currently taught about the negative physiological effects of drugs as part of the statutory National Curriculum Programmes of Study for science, and may also receive wider drugs education as part of non-statutory Personal, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education. Revised draft programmes of study for both subjects will be sent out for consultation in due course and consultation responses received will be taken into account before final programmes of study are published later this year.

Health Education: Sex

Amber Rudd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students have been removed from secondary school sex education classes, on the discretion of their parents or guardians in (a) Hastings and Rye constituency, (b) East Sussex and (c) the UK in each year since 1997.

Elizabeth Truss: holding answer 7 January 2013
	The Department does not collect data about the removal of pupils from Sex and Relationship Education (SRE).

Playing Fields: Schools

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether it is his policy that (a) academies and (b) free schools must notify (i) his Department and (ii) any other public body of the sale of school playing fields; and if he will make a statement.

David Laws: No disposal of publicly funded playing field land held for the purposes of an academy or free school—whether that land is held freehold by the Academy Trust or leased to them—may take place without the consent of the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove).
	The exact circumstances of that consent differ according to who holds the land and how. For maintained schools and land leased by an academy from a local authority for less than 10 years, consent is granted under Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act (SSFA) 1998. Applications made under section 77 of the SSFA are considered by the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel. For land where the Academy Trust owns the freehold (or where it is held by another charitable Trust such as a Diocese) consent is obtained under Schedule 1 to the Academies Act 2010. These cases do not go before the panel—but are still subject to detailed scrutiny by officials and a final decision by Ministers using the same criteria as are set out for applications made under section 77.
	Sale proceeds must be used to improve sports or education facilities, and we will only agree to the sale of playing fields if the sports and curriculum needs of the academy and its neighbouring schools can continue to be met.
	As part of the request for consent, those proposing disposal will need to confirm that relevant local authorities and minor authorities (such as district councils) are consulted. Any subsequent sale would also be subject to local planning procedures and consents.

Procurement

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many procurement officers in his Department have relevant procurement qualifications.

Elizabeth Truss: The Department for Education currently employs 43 procurement officers of which 33 have completed the relevant procurement qualification's and a further six are part-qualified.

Pupil Exclusions: Suffolk

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were permanently excluded from (a) primary, (b) middle, (c) upper and (d) secondary schools in Suffolk in each of the last three years.

Elizabeth Truss: The available information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			 Number of permanent exclusions in state-funded primary and secondary schools in Suffolk local authority area (1,2,3) , years: 2008/09 to 2010/11 
			  Number of permanent exclusions 
			    Of which:  
			  State-funded primary State- funded secondary M iddle deemed secondary Total (4) 
			 2008/09 6 75 n/a 80 
			 2009/10 11 57 n/a 70 
			 2010/11 7 50 * 60 
			 n/a = Not available. ‘*’ = Less than 5. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and secondary academies (including all through academies). (4) Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census 
		
	
	For 2008/09 and 2009/10, the Department carried out a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions. This confirmed the number of primary and secondary phase exclusions in each local authority area but not at school level, therefore information for middle schools is not separately identifiable prior to 2010/11. For 2010/11, middle schools can be identified but to separately identify upper secondary schools would incur disproportionate cost.
	The latest data on exclusions was published in the “Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2010/11” Statistical First Release on 25 July 2012 at:
	http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001080/index.shtml

Schools: Catering

Diane Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many support staff have been employed in the role of cook or catering assistant in schools in (a) 2012 to date and (b) 2011.

Elizabeth Truss: In November 2011 the head count number of staff employed in the roles of cook and 'other catering staff' directly employed by publicly funded schools in England was 10,710 and 29,330 respectively. A further 5,770 cooks and 9,150 other catering staff employed by third party agencies were also recorded as being employed in these schools. The information is from the School Workforce Census, November 2011.
	The information requested for 2012 is expected to become available in April 2013.

Secondary Education

Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) name, (b) URN and (c) establishment number of each maintained secondary school was in the latest year figures are available; what proportion of pupils at each such school (i) were entitled to free school meals, (ii) had special educational needs with statements or school action plans, (iii) spoke English as a second language, (iv) achieved five or more GCSEs at grade C or above and (v) achieved the English Baccalaureate; and what the (A) average uncapped GCSE, (B) key stage 2 to 4 centre value-added and (C) key stage 2 to 4 raw value added score was at each such school.

Elizabeth Truss: The 2011 School Performance Tables include a wide range of indicators for each state-funded secondary school; this information is available on the departmental website here:
	http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2011/download_data.html
	The following table indicates in which file at the above link (Census or KS4 Results) the requested information can be found and how the required columns are identified:
	
		
			 Requested information File name Column name 
			 School name KS4 Results SCHNAME 
			 Unique Reference Number (URN) KS4 Results URN 
			 Establishment Number KS4 Results ESTAB 
			    
			 Percentage of pupils at each state-funded school that:   
			 Were entitled to free school meals Census PNUMFSM 
			 Had special educational needs with statements or School Action Plus Census PSENSAP 
			 Spoke English as a second language Census PNUMEAL 
			 Achieved five or more GCSEs at grade C or above KS4 Results PTAC5 
			 Achieved the English Baccalaureate KS4 Results PTEBACC 
			    
			 At each state-funded school:   
			 The average uncapped GCSE point score per pupil KS4 Results TTAPS 
			 The key stage 2-4 centre value-added measure based on the best 8 GCSE and equivalent results KS4 Results B8VAMEA 
			 The key stage 2-4 raw value added measure based on the best 8 GCSE and equivalent results KS4 Results B8VAMEA-1000 
		
	
	Definitions for each indicator are available from the following link:
	http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2011/metadata.html
	Further information can be accessed by clicking the 'plus' next to “KS4 Attainment Results” or “Census data” headings.
	State-funded (i.e. LA maintained, Academy and Free School) secondary schools are identified in the NFTYPE column as follows:
	
		
			 Abbreviation School Type 
			 AC Academy Sponsor-Led 
			 ACC Academy 
			 ACF Academy Free School 
			 ACS Special Academy 
			 CTC City Technology College 
			 CY Community School 
			 CYS Community Special School 
			 FD Foundation School 
			 FDS Foundation Special School 
			 VA Voluntary Aided School 
			 VC Voluntary Controlled School 
		
	
	The 2012 School (Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5) Performance Tables are planned to be published at the end of January 2013.

Special Educational Needs

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of people aged (a) 16 and (b) 17 who are currently not in education, employment or training have a special educational need or disability; and what specific (i) additional support funding and (ii) top-up funding he has allocated to meet the needs of these young people in the next three years.

Edward Timpson: At the end of 2011, data available from local authorities evidenced that 6.9% of 16 year olds and 10.3% of 17-year-olds with learning difficulties and/or disabilities were not in education, employment or training. This compares with 3.7% and 5.4% among all 16 and 17-year-olds.
	The new High Need Students funding reforms provide a new fairer, simpler and more transparent funding system. This approach provides local authorities and education institutions with greater flexibilities through, for example, the introduction of a lagged system that guarantees funding in future years when institutions take on additional students, and through negotiations between local authorities and institutions on the number of learners that will be supported.
	One major aspect of the funding reforms is to bring together all funding for students with high cost additional needs using common principles, in which local authorities will be both commissioner and funder. This gives an enhanced role to local authorities and each will have a single high needs budget to cover their education funding responsibilities for all high needs children and young people aged 0 to 25 resident in their area.
	Funding will be by three distinct elements. Element 1, core education funding and element 2, the first £6,000 of additional student support, will be funded by the Education Funding Agency. Element 1 funding will be used for the course(s) being studied and will be based on Education Funding Agency funding formula using lagged student numbers. Element 2 will be allocated based on the number of places each local authority has told the Education Funding Agency it wishes to commission at each institution. Element 3, top up funding, will be funded directly by the local authority. This is the funding required above elements 1 and 2 to meet the total costs of the education provision, and is based on the student's assessed needs and the setting in which those needs are to be met.
	There is not a specific budget for young people aged 16 to 17 not in education, employment or training who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities because many of these young people will be accommodated within mainstream provision such as schools, academies, colleges, and apprenticeships providers, but the total budget for High Needs Students aged 16 to 24 in 2013-14 will be, some £640 million, which includes programme costs.

Teachers

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) turnover and (b) wastage rate was for (i) full-time and (ii) part-time teachers in each school in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Elizabeth Truss: The information is not available in the format requested.
	The data held by the Database of Teacher Records could in theory provide teacher turnover and wastage data at a school level. However, the Department does not consider the information to be robust enough to produce reliable data at this level. As a result this school level information is not produced by the Department and it is therefore not available to share as requested.
	The reason why the Department believes the data are not reliable enough to produce these types of school level indicators is because the Database of Teacher Records is incomplete. The data are derived from the records held in respect of the administration of the Teachers' Pensions Scheme. Consequently there are limitations on the scope of the information that is received. For example we know that the number of part-time teachers is under-represented as well as those on short-term contracts, unqualified teachers, and those that have opted-out of the scheme. In addition other information is missing because of the time it takes for the records to be updated. This is outside our control.
	In order to produce the published national and regional estimates of teacher turnover and wastage the data from the Database of Teacher Records are compared with teacher data from other sources, chiefly the School Workforce Census and in earlier years the form 618g survey, and weighted to ensure it reflects accurately the national position on teacher numbers. Consequently, this process is not currently applied at school level.
	National and regional full-time and part-time figures are published in the additional tables C1 and C2 of the April 2011 statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2010 (Provisional)’ which is available at the following web link:
	http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/datasets/a00196713/school-workforce-sfr
	Figures are still provisional for 2008-09 and 2009-10 and are subject to change.

Teachers: Male

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of primary schools in each decile of deprivation had (a) zero and (b) fewer than 10 per cent full-time equivalent male teachers on their staff.

David Laws: The following table provides the number and percentage of publicly funded primary schools in each decile of deprivation which had no full-time equivalent qualified male teacher and those with fewer than 10% full-time equivalent qualified male teachers in service in England, November 2011.
	
		
			 Publicly funded primary school (1)  numbers and percentages in each decile of deprivation (2)  which had no full-time equivalent qualified male teachers and those which had fewer than 10% full-time equivalent qualified male teachers in service—November 2011—England 
			  Publicly funded primary schools with: 
			  No qualified males Greater than zero and fewer than 10% qualified males 
			 Decile deprivation (4) Number Percentage (3) Number Percentage (3) 
			 0-10% 310 19.1 300 18.9 
			 10-20% 310 20.2 330 21.5 
			 20-30% 350 22.4 280 17.5 
			 30-40% 380 23.8 270 17.2 
			 40-50% 390 23.2 250 14.7 
			 50-60% 490 26.5 230 12.5 
			 60-70% 570 30.9 200 11.1 
			 70-80% 600 31.0 230 11.9 
			 80-90% 560 30.0 190 10.1 
			 90-100% 420 27.5 190 12.4 
			 Total 4,370 25.7 2,470 14.5 
			 (1) Includes nursery schools and excludes 294 schools for which information is not available. (2) The index of deprivation used is the Index of Deprivation Affecting Children,(IDACI) 2012, for the Super Output Area in which the school lies. The index was supplied by the Department for Communities and Local Government. (3) Percentage of the total number of schools in each decile. (4) 0-10% is the most deprived decile, 90-100% the least deprived. Note: School numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Workforce Census, November 2011

Teachers: Qualifications

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people obtained each type of school-based qualification offered in leisure and tourism in 2011; what assessment he has made of the value of such qualifications to the UK tourism industry; and if he will make a statement.

Matthew Hancock: holding answer 7 January 2012
	13,911 school-based qualifications in leisure and tourism were attained by students reaching the end of key stage 4 in 2011. A full breakdown of the number of students attaining these qualifications in 2011 can be found in the house Library.
	At key stage 4, we have introduced strict new conditions that determine which non-GCSE/iGCSE qualifications can be included in performance measures. School performance tables are now restricted to qualifications that are high quality, rigorous and enable progression to a range of study and employment opportunities.
	140 non-GCSE/iGCSE qualifications have met the conditions for inclusion in the 2014 key stage 4 performance tables. 117 qualifications will be included in the 2015 tables. In both years, four qualifications in leisure and tourism have met the required standard and will be included in the performance tables. The fact that these qualifications have been included indicates our confidence that they are of high quality and provide students with a solid foundation for future progression.

Teachers: Qualifications

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people obtained each type of school-based qualification offered in engineering in 2011; what assessment he has made of the value of such qualifications to the UK manufacturing and engineering industry; and if he will make a statement.

Elizabeth Truss: holding answer 7 January 2013
	In 2011 a total of 16,020 pupils took a school-based qualification in Engineering. The number obtaining each type of qualification is shown in the following table. The Department for Education has not undertaken a specific assessment of the value of school-based engineering qualifications to UK manufacturing, but Professor Alison Wolf made an assessment of the value of such qualifications as part of her recent review of vocational qualifications.
	
		
			 Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving specific qualifications. Year: 2010/11 (Final). Coverage: England 
			 Qualification type Subject Number of pupils at end of KS4 achieving qualification 
			 Engineering   
			 Applied GCE AS level Applied Engineering 25 
			 BTEC First Certificate Automotive Engineering 389 
			 BTEC First Certificate Engineering Studies 3,511 
			 BTEC First Diploma Automotive Engineering 221 
			 BTEC First Diploma Engineering Studies 1,459 
			 GCSE Full Course Applied Engineering 1,249 
			 GCSE Full Course D&T Engineering 414 
			 GCSE Short Course D&T Engineering 16 
			 NVQ Level 1 Band C Engineering Studies 590 
			 NVQ Level 2 Band C Engineering Studies 1,057 
			 Principal Learning (Diploma)—Level 1 Principal Learning Engineering 389 
			 Principal Learning (Diploma)—Level 2 Principal Learning Engineering 2,262 
			 Vocational GCSE Double Award Applied Engineering 2,176 
			 VRQ Level 1 Automotive Engineering 1,904 
			 VRQ Level 1 Building Services Engineering 3 
			 VRQ Level 1 Engineering Studies 456 
			 VRQ Level 1 Manufacturing Engineering 145 
			 VRQ Level 2 Automotive Engineering 27 
			 VRQ Level 2 Building Services Engineering 7 
			 VRQ Level 2 Engineering Studies 1,563 
			 VRQ Level 2 Manufacturing Engineering 102 
			 VRQ Level 2 Mechanical Engineering (General) 6 
			 VRQ Level 2 Technical/Engineering Drawing 49

Temporary Employment

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what amount his Department spent on interim staff as defined by the National Audit Office in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.

Elizabeth Truss: In response to this question, the following information has been taken from the Department's published annual report and accounts for 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively.
	
		
			 Period Spend £ million 
			 2010-11 4.1 
			 2011-12 1.67 
		
	
	The Department has contracts for the engagement of staff and specialist contractors to cover short term requirements. Situations when resource may be hired include: to cover unexpected absences; short term peaks in workload; short term projects; or to cover a permanent vacancy until the vacancy can be filled.
	As a result of the spending controls on recruitment introduced in May 2010, any use of contingent labour is subject to the efficiency controls process and requires ministerial approval.

Crimes of Violence: Reoffenders

Jenny Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what the average number of reconvictions was for each offender found guilty of grievous bodily harm between 1994 and 2011;
	(2)  what the average number of reconvictions was for each offender found guilty of actual bodily harm between 1994 and 2011;
	(3)  what the average number of reconvictions was for each offender found guilty of robbery between 1994 and 2011;
	(4)  what the average number of reconvictions was for each offender found guilty of rape between 1994 and 2011.

Jeremy Wright: These questions have been answered using the Ministry of Justice's published proven re-offending statistics for England and Wales, broken down further by offence type. These statistics are published on a quarterly basis and the latest bulletin, for the period January to December 2010, was published on 25 October 2012.
	Table 1 shows the number of adult offenders in England and Wales who were released from custody or received a non-custodial conviction at court for offences of rape, robbery, grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm in each of the years 2000, 2002 to 2010; and the average number of proven re-offences per offender.
	The Ministry of Justice does not hold proven re-offending data for years prior to 2000; 2000 is the earliest year for which proven re-offending data exist on a comparable basis and data are not available for 2001 due to a problem with archived data on Court Orders. Data for 2011 will be published on 31 October 2013.
	A proven re-offence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period and receiving a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up. Following this one year period, a further six month waiting period is allowed for cases to progress through the courts.
	Please note that proven re-offending statistics are available from the Ministry of Justice website at:
	www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/reoffending/proven-re-offending

Debt Collection

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure that certified bailiffs undertake their duties in compliance with (a) legislation and (b) appropriate codes of conduct; and if he will make a statement.

Helen Grant: The “Transforming Bailiff Action” consultation considered the conduct and legislation governing bailiffs.
	The Ministry of Justice is currently finalising the Government response to this consultation paper and will issue this in due course.

Driving Under Influence

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of people convicted of drink drive offences were found to be over the legal blood alcohol limit when driving (a) 10 hours after taking their last drink, (b) 24 hours after taking their last drink and (c) 48 hours after taking their last drink in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Jeremy Wright: Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice does not contain information about the circumstances behind each case, beyond the description provided in the statute under which proceedings are brought. It is not possible to identify from this centrally held information the time between an offender's last drink and the taking of the test which produced a finding of the offender being over the legal blood alcohol limit.
	In 2011, there were 48,883 offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales of offences which could be identified exclusively as drink-driving.

Family Justice Review

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the consequences for his Department's policies of the conclusions of the Norgrove Report.

Helen Grant: The Government published its response to the Family Justice Review on 6 February 2012. The response included the following priorities:
	Putting children at the heart of the process so that their needs are the paramount concern;
	Creating a single family court to make the system more effective and easier for users to navigate;
	Speeding up care cases, committing to limit the length of care cases to 26 weeks, down from the then current average of 55 weeks;
	Establishing a Family Justice Board to drive performance improvements in the system and improve management information.
	Implementing the recommendations of the review is a Government priority and we are confident that the programme of family justice reform can be successfully delivered within the context of the Ministry of Justice's broader policies. The Ministry of Justice is working with Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service, the Legal Services Commission, the Department for Education and the Judiciary to implement the Review's recommendations.
	We are making good progress. The Family Justice Board, independently chaired by David Norgrove, has been established and the legislation which will create a single family court is progressing through Parliament as part of the Crime and Courts Bill. Draft clauses which will take forward some of the other key recommendations of the review, including the introduction of the new time limit for care cases, have recently been subject to Pre Legislative Scrutiny by the Justice Select Committee.

Prisoners: Rehabilitation

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he has made on the expansion of the payment by results model to prisoner rehabilitation schemes; and if he will make a statement.

Jeremy Wright: We are running 14 pilot projects testing payment by results in different parts of the justice system. In each case, providers will only be paid in full if they achieve a specific outcome. In the case of the two pilots involving offenders released from Doncaster and Peterborough prisons, some or all of the provider payments will be dependent on a reduction in reoffending.
	We now intend to apply payment by results to the majority of rehabilitation work conducted with offenders in the community, as part of a broader package of reforms. This 'rehabilitation revolution' will stimulate innovation and open the delivery of services to a wider range of providers with the skills needed to change an individual's behaviour and reduce future reoffending. We intend that these services should cover offenders released from prison, including those sentenced to less than 12 months in custody.

Prisons

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisons have been re-designated as joint establishments containing both adult and young offenders' institutions since May 2010.

Jeremy Wright: Young adults (aged 18 to 21-years-old) sentenced to detention in a young offender institution (DYOI) are detained in young offender institutions (YOIs) as required by section 98 of the Powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. These are normally self-contained but in some establishments that have a dual designation (designed both as a prison and a YOI) young adults are held alongside adults with which they share the majority of their facilities. Whatever the location, young adults detained in YOIs have separate sleeping accommodation.
	Since May 2010 the following prisons have been re-designated as establishments holding both adult and young offenders (aged 18 to 21-years-old):
	Cardiff
	Forest Bank
	Northallerton
	Nottingham
	Portland
	Preston
	Rochester
	Stoke Heath
	Swansea

Young Offender Institutions: Christmas

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost has been to the public purse of Christmas parties held for those detained in each institution in the secure youth estate, in each year since 2010.

Jeremy Wright: The Department does not keep a central record of this data. To collate this information, by contacting all youth secure establishments, would incur disproportionate costs.

Young Offenders

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people under the age of 18 have been charged with each offence since May 2005.

Jeremy Wright: The Ministry of Justice do not hold the information required to answer this question as we do not hold statistics centrally on the number of people charged. However the Ministry of justice holds corresponding data on the number of prosecutions and the following table shows the number of defendants under the age of 18 prosecuted at magistrates court May 2005 to 2011.
	
		
			 Defendants under the age of 18 prosecuted at magistrates court May 2005 - 11 
			 Offence 2005 (1) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total 
			 Violence Against Person 7,602 11,051 10,737 9,731 9,490 9,117 7,118 64,846 
			 Sexual Offences 796 987 1,009 868 884 987 858 6,389 
			 Burglary 5,685 8,185 7,908 6,991 7,029 6,816 6,298 48,912 
			 Robbery 4,002 6,418 6,808 5,628 5,650 5,492 5,960 39,956 
			 Theft and Handling 13,848 20,021 21,494 18,409 16,936 15,946 14,355 121,009 
			 Fraud and Forgery 601 776 860 624 704 682 464 4,711 
			 Criminal Damage 3,011 4,742 4,623 3,250 2,434 2,319 1,816 22,195 
			 Drug Offences 3,574 4,977 5,855 6,928 6,955 6,672 5,757 40,718 
			 Indictable Motoring 447 601 462 372 326 212 175 2,595 
			 Other Indictable (Not Motoring) 5,941 8,016 7,527 6,041 6,309 6,386 4,859 45,079 
			 Summary Non-Motoring 30,684 45,674 47,489 42,921 39,149 35,828 29,195 270,940 
			 Summary Motoring 11,773 14,741 11,762 9,200 7,687 6,017 4,857 66,037 
			 All Offences 87,964 126,189 126,534 110,963 103,553 96,474 81,712 733,389 
			 (1) 2005 includes May to December only Source: Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many people of each age between 10 and 17 years who were convicted of a crime (a) went on to reoffend and (b) were subsequently sentenced to a prison term at an adult institution since 1 May 1998;
	(2)  how many people of each age between 10 and 17 have been cautioned since 1 May 1998; and how many such people (a) committed a further offence and (b) were later sentenced to a prison term in an adult institution.

Jeremy Wright: These questions have been answered using the Ministry of Justice's published proven reoffending statistics for England and Wales, broken down further by age. These statistics are published on a quarterly basis and the latest bulletin, for the period January to December 2010, was published on 25 October 2012.
	The Ministry of Justice does not hold proven reoffending data for years prior to 2000; 2000 is the earliest year for which proven reoffending data exist on a comparable basis and data are not available for 2001 due to a problem with archived data on court orders. Data for 2011 will be published on 31 October 2013.
	Table 1 shows the number of juvenile offenders in England and Wales who were released from custody or received a non-custodial conviction at court in each of the years 2000, 2002 to 2010, by age; the number that committed a proven re-offence within a one year follow-up period; and the number that were given a custodial sentence for a proven re-offence.
	Table 2 shows the number of juvenile offenders in England and Wales who were cautioned in each of the years 2000, 2002 to 2010, by age; the number that committed a proven re-offence within a one year follow-up period; and the number that were given a custodial sentence for a proven re-offence.
	In both tables, the number of reoffenders who received a custodial sentence for a proven re-offence includes all such offenders irrespective of where they served their sentence. Information on those who were sentenced to custody in an adult prison could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	A proven re-offence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period and receiving a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up. Following this one year period, a further six month waiting period is allowed for cases to progress through the courts.
	Please note that proven reoffending statistics are available from the Ministry of Justice website at:
	www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/reoffending/proven-re-offending
	
		
			 Table 1: Proven re offending data for juvenile offenders in England and Wales who were released  from custody or received a non- custodial conviction at court in each of the years 2000, 2002 to 2010, by age 
			 Year (1) Age Number of offenders in cohort (2) Number of reoffenders Proportion of offenders who reoffend  (%) Number of reoffenders given a custodial sentence (3) 
			 2000 10 141 84 59.6 1 
			  11 545 304 55.8 26 
			  12 1,336 732 54.8 89 
			  13 3,043 1,711 56.2 284 
			  14 5,993 3,428 57.2 642 
			  15 9,826 5,275 53.7 1,203 
			  16 12,970 6,790 52.4 1,769 
			  17 17,268 8,687 50.3 2,838 
			       
			 2002 10 123 71 57.7 0 
			  11 531 293 55.2 24 
			  12 1,414 772 54.6 109 
			  13 3,281 1,735 52.9 270 
			  14 6,331 3,453 54.5 620 
			  15 10,167 5,326 52.4 1,142 
			  16 13,440 6,982 51.9 1,741 
			  17 17,670 8,771 49.6 2,631 
			       
			 2003 10 121 77 63.6 5 
			  11 494 262 53.0 17 
			  12 1,336 752 56.3 96 
			  13 3,131 1,807 57.7 276 
			  14 6,190 3,568 57.6 670 
			  15 10,210 5,518 54.0 1,151 
			  16 13,393 7,061 52.7 1,750 
			  17 17,536 8,799 50.2 2,582 
			       
			 2004 10 132 74 56.1 1 
			  11 465 251 54.0 21 
			  12 1,440 814 56.5 96 
			  13 3,333 1,941 58.2 282 
			  14 6,562 3,761 57.3 676 
			  15 10,671 5,784 54.2 1,177 
			  16 13,916 6,998 50.3 1,680 
			  17 17,651 8,436 47.8 2,655 
			       
			 2005 10 114 60 52.6 1 
			  11 511 293 57.3 23 
			  12 1,394 783 56.2 78 
			  13 3,575 2,120 59.3 325 
		
	
	
		
			  14 6,963 3,994 57.4 682 
			  15 11,172 6,044 54.1 1,192 
			  16 14,567 7,379 50.7 1,756 
			  17 17,761 8,525 48.0 2,547 
			       
			 2006 10 108 59 54.6 0 
			  11 440 242 55.0 15 
			  12 1,407 848 60.3 78 
			  13 3,409 1,973 57.9 303 
			  14 7,038 4,141 58.8 689 
			  15 11,706 6,604 56.4 1,209 
			  16 15,037 7,524 50.0 1,766 
			  17 17,990 8,869 49.3 2,585 
			       
			 2007 10 107 48 44.9 0 
			  11 467 262 56.1 21 
			  12 1,492 808 54.2 62 
			  13 3,476 1,946 56.0 252 
			  14 7,227 4,140 57.3 648 
			  15 12,121 6,426 53.0 1,191 
			  16 15,897 7,964 50.1 1,730 
			  17 18,818 9,067 48.2 2,444 
			       
			 2008 10 64 35 54.7 1 
			  11 427 236 55.3 11 
			  12 1,219 664 54.5 57 
			  13 3,148 1,798 57.1 219 
			  14 6,724 3,664 54.5 582 
			  15 10,789 5,633 52.2 982 
			  16 14,603 7,330 50.2 1,567 
			  17 18,106 8,673 47.9 2,318 
			       
			 2009 10 45 20 44.4 1 
			  11 287 143 49.8 11 
			  12 1,009 520 51.5 47 
			  13 2,584 1,410 54.6 157 
			  14 5,709 3,104 54.4 425 
			  15 9,831 5,124 52.1 823 
			  16 13,076 6,524 49.9 1,238 
			  17 16,905 8,030 47.5 2,078 
			       
			 2010 10 29 13 * 0 
			  11 200 98 49.0 9 
			  12 740 384 51.9 28 
			  13 2,176 1,196 55.0 142 
			  14 4,805 2,620 54.5 411 
			  15 8,434 4,348 51.6 799 
		
	
	
		
			  16 11,772 5,941 50.5 1,224 
			  17 15,018 7,149 47.6 1,947 
			 (1) Data are not available for 2001 due to a problem with archived data on court orders. (2) The group of offenders for whom reoffending is measured does not represent all proven offenders. Offenders who were released from custody or commenced a court order are matched to the PNC database and a certain proportion of these offenders cannot matched. These unmatched offenders are, therefore, excluded from the proven reoffending measure. (3) If an offender is given a custodial sentence for more than one proven re-offence, they are counted only once. Notes: 1. Italics means less than 30 offenders—treat data with caution. 2. ‘*’ = Data based on less than 30 offenders are removed as they make data unreliable for interpretation. 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 2: Proven reoffending data for juvenile offenders in England and Wales who were cautioned in each of the years 2000, 2002 to 2010, by age (1) 
			 Year (2) Age Number of offenders in cohort Number of reoffenders Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) Number of reoffenders given a custodial senence (3) 
			 2000 10 1,967 442 22.5 3 
			  11 4,351 1,015 23.3 11 
			  12 8,118 1,797 22.1 28 
			  13 12,718 3,052 24.0 80 
			  14 17,388 4,526 26.0 211 
			  15 19,090 5,097 26.7 281 
			  16 17,221 4,455 25.9 324 
			  17 15,485 4,183 27.0 437 
			       
			 2002 10 1,628 375 23.0 1 
			  11 3,580 766 21.4 10 
			  12 7,025 1,581 22.5 34 
			  13 11,152 2,546 22.8 64 
			  14 15,769 3,986 25.3 143 
			  15 17,870 4,473 25.0 210 
			  16 17,195 4,227 24.6 237 
			  17 16,472 4,168 25.3 306 
			       
			 2003 10 1,621 369 22.8 4 
			  11 3,490 803 23.0 7 
			  12 7,005 1,724 24.6 23 
			  13 11,572 2,931 25.3 70 
			  14 15,910 4,272 26.9 148 
			  15 19,066 5,030 26.4 217 
			  16 18,107 4,568 25.2 245 
			  17 16,837 4,167 24.7 316 
			       
			 2004 10 1,671 438 26.2 4 
			  11 3,797 897 23.6 15 
			  12 7,785 1,973 25.3 40 
		
	
	
		
			  13 13,196 3,567 27.0 85 
			  14 18,437 5,147 27.9 175 
			  15 21,333 5,679 26.6 213 
			  16 20,087 4,928 24.5 246 
			  17 17,288 4,236 24.5 319 
			       
			 2005 10 2,054 481 23.4 2 
			  11 4,390 1,044 23.8 11 
			  12 8,993 2,233 24.8 28 
			  13 15,188 4,123 27.1 108 
			  14 21,574 6,236 28.9 200 
			  15 24,301 6,662 27.4 271 
			  16 21,914 5,581 25.5 291 
			  17 18,334 4,484 24.5 388 
			       
			 2006 10 2,029 496 24.4 0 
			  11 4,673 1,164 24.9 7 
			  12 9,539 2,484 26.0 40 
			  13 15,683 4,268 27.2 97 
			  14 22,732 6,506 28.6 177 
			  15 26,468 7,335 27.7 294 
			  16 23,167 5,953 25.7 284 
			  17 19,432 5,025 25.9 412 
			       
			 2007 10 1,920 428 22.3 1 
			  11 4,537 1,021 22.5 8 
			  12 9,383 2,109 22.5 34 
			  13 15,294 3,923 25.7 84 
			  14 21,796 5,754 26.4 160 
			  15 25,905 6,609 25.5 233 
			  16 23,296 5,647 24.2 272 
			  17 19,622 4,783 24.4 370 
			       
			 2008 10 1,473 314 21.3 1 
			  11 3,533 725 20.5 5 
			  12 6,793 1,562 23.0 16 
			  13 11,570 2,949 25.5 61 
			  14 16,961 4,608 27.2 113 
			  15 20,386 5,260 25.8 180 
			  16 19,452 4,468 23.0 216 
			  17 18,302 4,261 23.3 354 
			       
			 2009 10 920 183 19.9 1 
			  11 2,227 420 18.9 3 
			  12 5,051 1,086 21.5 16 
			  13 8,817 2,123 24.1 33 
			  14 13,324 3,252 24.4 95 
			  15 16,296 3,978 24.4 126 
			  16 15,888 3,634 22.9 149 
		
	
	
		
			  17 15,613 3,521 22.6 248 
			       
			 2010 10 500 102 20.4 0 
			  11 1,317 290 22.0 0 
			  12 2,999 699 23.3 13 
			  13 5,652 1,555 27.5 56 
			  14 8,956 2,468 27.6 82 
			  15 11,378 2,954 26.0 118 
			  16 12,013 2,915 24.3 127 
			  17 12,369 2,962 23.9 226 
			 (1) Cautions include reprimands and warnings for juvenile offenders. (2) Data are not available for 2001 due to a problem with archived data on court orders. (3) If an offender is given a custodial sentence for more than one proven re-offence, they are counted only once.

Charitable Donations

John Robertson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office 
	(1)  what steps he is taking to encourage public donations to charities in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK;
	(2)  what recent discussions he has had with charities on trends in donations.

Nick Hurd: Encouraging public donations to charities in Scotland is a devolved matter for the Scottish Government.
	The Government is committed to encouraging people to give their time and money. The Giving White Paper announced a series of measures to encourage giving such as the £30 million Social Action Fund and the £10 million Innovation in Giving Fund. The Giving White Paper—One Year On update:
	www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/17541-WP-Update-Version-2.pdf
	published in May 2012, details of our ongoing implementation of these measures.
	Over the past year, we have supported:
	www.localgiving.com
	a website that allows people to find and give to local charities and community groups. It also provides charities and community groups with a webpage and access to new supporters, volunteers and online donations. In April 2013 the Treasury will introduce the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme enabling tens of thousands of charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) to claim a Gift Aid style payment on small cash donations for the first time.
	I have regular discussions with charities on a range of topics.

Charities: Closures

John Robertson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make an assessment of changes to the workload of government-provided public services as a consequence of charities closing down in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.

Nick Hurd: Charity Policy in Scotland is devolved, and a matter for the Scottish Government.
	In England and Wales, the number of registered charities has remained relatively stable over the last three years. The Charity Commission had 162,848 main charities on its register at September 2012, up slightly from 160,515 in December 2009.

Civil Servants: Freedom of Expression

David Burrowes: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on freedom of speech for civil servants who are opposed to same sex marriage of the case between Mr Adrian Smith and Trafford Housing Trust.

Francis Maude: Civil servants are required to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Code and the Civil Service Management Code.

EU Law

Priti Patel: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office 
	(1)  which regulations his Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date; which regulations his Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2013 and (ii) the next two years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector;
	(2)  which EU directives his Department transposed in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date; which EU directives his Department expects to transpose in (i) 2013 and (ii) the next two years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such directive to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.

Francis Maude: My department is leading negotiations for the UK in the EU Competitiveness Council on proposals for revising the EU Directives relating to procurement by public bodies and utilities. These have not been adopted yet but should simplify the existing procurement regime and, as such, should reduce costs for purchasers and suppliers alike.
	The Cabinet Office is also leading negotiations for the UK on proposals for a new EU Directive on the procurement of 'concessions' contracts. While the total economic costs to public purchasers and suppliers of this new directive are estimated to be up to £17 million including one-off costs of circa £0.5 million, the potential benefits to the UK economy have been estimated as over £27 million.

Meetings

Kevin Brennan: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have attended since 4 September 2012.

Francis Maude: As part of my Department's transparency programme, details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on the Cabinet Office website at:
	http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-external-organisations
	Cabinet Office Ministers also regularly meet with ministerial colleagues and officials. In line with previous Administrations, the Government does not normally disclose details of internal meetings.